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Event Sensors Create Cost Savings and Operational Security for Telecom Managers

February 11, 2000 (Seattle, WA )- Asentria data buffers now provide an "Event Sensor" option consisting of dual power failure sensors to help a telecommunications manager immediately determine the source of a power failure related to their PBX operation. This critical intelligence enables them to quickly deploy the correct technician to the site: a -48VDC technician or a PBX technician.

"We developed this option in response to requests from our endusers," said Tim Stoner, President and founder of Asentria, Inc. "Many companies are using our buffers to collect SMDR or other serial output in remote equipment rooms. By having this kind of diagnostic information at their fingertips, telecommunications managers can avoid sending a technician to the room purely to perform a diagnosis of the problem. Instead, they can send the exact right personnel to handle the problem quickly."

To pinpoint power failures, the Event Sensor option employs two sensors with contact closure outputs: one on the -48VDC power supply to the switch, and the other on the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) pin of any RS-232 output from the switch. When power fails, the sensors detect the voltage loss and trip a contact closure output specific to the location of the power failure. If only a DTR alarm is sent, a manager knows their switch failed but their -48VDC power is functioning. If both sensors alarm, then the problem is with the -48VDC supply.

By connecting an additional contact closure input to the backup UPS, managers can also know when their system goes on backup power.

Contact closure output alarms are standard equipment with most new UPS models, but the DTR power fail sensor and the -48VDC power fail sensor are unique to the Event Sensor system. The Event Sensor option is available with the Data-Link™ Pollable Remote Access Unit, the Poll-Safe™ 680 Pollable Call record Buffer and the SNMP-Link™ Network Management Proxy Agent.

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Asentria develops remote site monitoring and telemanagement solutions that enable providers of critical communications infrastructure to more efficiently and reliably run their networks. Asentria’s products help ensure quality of service and lower operational costs, while making it easier to provision, maintain and support remote equipment. Our strategic solutions fit both large and small communication networks and provide high-value, cost-effective and competitive differentiators to our customers.

Asentria helps administrators cost-effectively manage their call reporting data and remote site infrastructure, while extending confidence and security to ensure availability, integrity and performance. Asentria enables administrators to avoid failures from poor performing equipment that threaten end-user service expectations, while providing better control to predict the performance of remote infrastructure. These new levels of protection shield end-users from remote site equipment failure. Our service provider and enterprise customers trust their remote equipment sites to Asentria. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.